TimJRobinson

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by TimJRobinson 14y ago
Unfortunately it's kind of hard to kick someone out of a meeting when everyone is just a member and on equal footing. I've been in so many meetup groups which started off with really smart hard working people that have been slowly run down
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by TimJRobinson 14y ago
100% spot on, Facebook could see massive profits if it pulls off any or all of the following: - Upon logging in Facebook lets me know my favourite band is playing in a few weeks, tickets are $25 and I can purchase with one click. - A new ep
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by TimJRobinson 14y ago
I created a tool a few years ago built on a similar strategy, but instead of only showing the best performing variation the chance of each variation showing was based on how well it was converting (so in an a/b/c test with conversion rates
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by TimJRobinson 14y ago
Yea this is an option in the Adwords interface, it is enabled by default but can be turned off. Google probably discovered that most of their advertisers don't check on their ad results very often and added the auto optimization so that the
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by TimJRobinson 14y ago
I love this series Tom! I've been a big fan of adioso for a long time (I've used it for most flights I've booked in the past 3 years). I didn't realize how much it was struggling and it's refreshing to see someone sharing the honest truth a
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How Split Testing Increased Airline Ticket Sales by 591% - In a down market(zentester.com)
2 points by TimJRobinson 15y ago|0 comments
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
Would be awesome to see a list taking into account community size too. To see if there were super popular articles years ago that only had a few hundred votes because the community was so small.
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Your Copy Doesn't Matter if your Traffic Sucks(zentester.com)
4 points by TimJRobinson 15y ago|0 comments
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How BaitExBack increased signups by 28.1% with a few simple tweaks(zentester.com)
1 points by TimJRobinson 15y ago|0 comments
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
Yup, every post he makes is either trash talking any of Apple's competitors, or praising Apple for how they are dominating the market / making record profits etc. Back before Android was such a force he used to trash talk Microsoft constant
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
What he says about the local store is a constant struggle for me too. Of course over the long term giving more and building relationships etc is going to be very rewarding and I love doing that. But early in the life of a startup it feels l
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No such thing as business ethics - Seth Godin(sethgodin.typepad.com)
4 points by TimJRobinson 15y ago|1 comments
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
This is fantastic! I absolutely love AirBNB's story because it shows that good things can come to those who persist against all odds.
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
Interesting, I can't see myself using it but I could see higher profile people (celebrities etc) using it. Though what advantages does it have over something like http://su.pr/ ? Also the logo in the toolbar is sticking out like a sore thu
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
Cool idea, you're going to face a chicken and egg problem though of companies not wanting to post there until you have users and users not wanting to go unless there are activities there. The best way to grow it IMO would be to start in one
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
They already have this in QLD and I don't really see what the problem is with it. Police still need a warrant to access the data and tracking analytics could be very useful to Translink to see where bottlenecks are occurring and plan future
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
People are still in the honeymoon phase, give it time. Though I was thinking, if Google allows posts to also be auto posted to Facebook, but Facebook doesn't do the same same thing then people will trend towards using Google+ over the long
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by TimJRobinson 15y ago
Very true, though I think the point the author was making is that it's better to start big and work your way down (IIRC 37 signals said something similar when they did an overhaul of their site a few months ago). It often works out better t
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by TimJRobinson 16y ago
My flatmate uses a HTC Wildfire which is quite cheap, runs android 2.2 and is pretty fast, I'd recommend it for a budget android phone. Only letdown is it's tiny screen. I myself use a HTC Desire HD, which probably isn't in your budget :p
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Can a different opt-in button really increase conversions by 25%?(zentester.com)
3 points by TimJRobinson 16y ago|0 comments
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by TimJRobinson 16y ago
I think the startup speed dating is a fantastic idea, especially for those cities outside of the valley where just finding people interested in startups is damn near impossible. I recently found a good partner after 2 years of going it solo
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by TimJRobinson 16y ago
Great post, as an engineer I've never really thought about learning design principles and have usually just found designs I like and basically copied them (or purchased something off theme forest). Where do you recommend an engineer should
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by TimJRobinson 16y ago
I don't know how it is in the US but in Australia my CS results meant bugger all after I left college. The majority of companies care far more about you doing your own personal projects and having a passion for what you than the grades you
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by TimJRobinson 16y ago
I'm in Australia and face the same problem. It's super hard to open a merchant account here. I'd love to have a merchant account to do things like automatic credit card processing (and refunding partial payments etc) and easy upsells, but t
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Ask HN: An Open Source Web Game Engine?
1 points by TimJRobinson 16y ago|0 comments
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The Bootstrappers Guide to Immediate Profitability(evosoftware.com)
3 points by TimJRobinson 16y ago|0 comments
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5 critical learnings they don't teach you in business school(evosoftware.com)
2 points by TimJRobinson 16y ago|1 comments
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by TimJRobinson 16y ago
I actually went though everything I want in my 'awesome but not extravagant' life, and it came to a total of just slightly over $250k a year. (and that's with tax calculations included) If you go through the calculations you often find the